Budget 2026: Mobile phones, leather goods cheaper; alcohol, luxury watches to cost more

Cancer medicines, smartphones and travel abroad may strain wallets less this year, while imported liquor, luxury watches and tobacco are set to pinch harder, as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth Union Budget redrew the everyday cost map for households.

Here is a closer look at what gets cheaper — and what becomes costlier — after Budget 2026.